Wow, Steve....you threw a hard one out there!!!! There have been so many moments because I'm an old person!!
My defining moment was visiting Wimberleyway shortly after Bill Munson's death and seeing all his important ones in person. What a giant he was on the hybridizing scene. There in front of me bloomed BUENOS AIRES, IDA'S MAGIC, CHINA LAKE, CHINESE TEMPLE FLOWER, MORTICIA, CHINESE CLOISONNE and all his splendid watermarks. It sparked a lifetime obsession with watermarks and appliques. I needed to own them ALL! I knew I needed to work with ANGUILLA, which had not yet been distributed.....which brought me HIGH WATER MARK....and then MERMAID'S SPELL....and then Steve's wonderful VICTORIA JOSEPHINE.
It also gave me the gift of gratitude because hybridizers stand upon the shoulders of all who came before them. And the people who use our introductions pay it all forward. What a wonderful concept!!!
